St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

St Mary's Catholic Primary School is a voluntary aided school near the centre of Newtown in Powys. The school draws its pupils from both the town and surrounding rural area.

There are 112 pupils on roll, including 10 in the full-time nursery class. The school has one single-age class and four mixed-age classes. About 16% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is just below the national average (19%).

The school identifies around 22% of pupils as having additional learning needs, which is also just below the national average (25%). No pupil has a statement of special education needs. The majority of the pupils are of white British ethnicity.

Around 28% of pupils receive support for English as an additi...onal language. Very few pupils speak Welsh at home. The headteacher was appointed in January 2004 and the last inspection was in November 2011.

The individual school budget per pupil for St Mary`s Catholic Primary School in 2016-2017 means that the budget is £3,249 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the primary schools in Powys is £5,561 and the minimum is £2,960. St Mary`s Catholic Primary School is 68th out of the 83 primary schools in Powys in terms of its school budget per pupil.